Secret Love (1953) - YouTube Secret Love (1953) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 11, 2013 Click "Show more" for song lyrics "Secret Love" is a popular song written in 1953 with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.[2] Its first performance was in the film Calamity Jane by Doris Day.[2] It received an Academy Award for Best Original Song.[2] Doris Day also recorded the best-selling record of the song, which reached #1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in 1954. The record was made on August 5, 1953.[1] The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40108 "Secret Love" is a song featured in Frank Sinatra's 1964 album, Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners.

Secret Love Once I had a secret love That lived within the heart of me All too soon my secret love Became impatient to be free So I told a friendly star The way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are And why I'm so in love with you Now I shout it from the highest hill Even told the golden daffodils At last my heart's an open door And my secret love's no secret anymore Now I shout it from the highest hill Even told the golden daffodils At last my heart's an open door And my secret love's no secret My secret love's no secret My secret love's no secret anymore Category Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Secret Love You will receive an email shortly to confirm your email address.

Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Secret Love title details and video sharing options now playing Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Secret Love Having replaced her rough buckskins with a softer cleaner set, with a new hairdo and Joel McCrea's horse, which he loaned to her for the picture, Doris Day (title character) offers the Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster original that became one of her signature songs, in Calamity Jane, 1953. DAY DORIS - SECRET LOVE LYRICS Secret Love Lyrics A Day At The Movies Secret Love Once, I had a secret love That lived within the heart of me. All too soon, my secret love Became impatient to be free. So I told a friendly star, The way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are, And why I'm so in love with you. Now I shout it, from the highest hills; Even told the golden daffodils. At last, my heart's an open door, And my secret love's no secret Anymore. Now I shout it, from the highest hills; Even told the golden daffodils.

At last, my heart's an open door, And my secret love's no secret Anymore.

Note: From the 1953 film "Calamity Jane," Lyrics powered by A Day At The Movies Tracklist 1 Embed Get the embed code <table class="songlyrics" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;"><col width="40" /><col /><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Day Doris - A Day At The Movies Album Lyrics</th></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">1.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="It's Magic Lyrics Day Doris">It's Magic</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">2.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="Secret Love Lyrics Day Doris">Secret Love</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">3.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="My Dream Is Yours Lyrics Day Doris">My Dream Is Yours </a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">4.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="It's a Great Feeling

 Lyrics Day Doris">It's a Great Feeling</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">5.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="With a Song in My Heart Lyrics Day Doris">With a Song in My Heart</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">6.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="Tea for Two Lyrics Day Doris">Tea for Two</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">7.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="Ten Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Two Sheep Lyrics Day Doris">Ten Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Two Sheep</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">8.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="I Love the Way You Say Goodnight Lyrics Day Doris">I Love the Way You Say Goodnight</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">9.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="" title="On Moonlight Bay

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This is just a preview! Preview the embedded widget The Sounds of Doris Day: 5 of Her Songs That Appear in Other Mediums The Sounds of Doris Day: 5 of Her Songs That Appear in Other Mediums By Carolyn Bendall | Tuesday, 12 May 2015 03:17 PM Close A A Even though Doris Day is mostly thought of as an actress, she is an accomplished singer, with songs of hers earning her a couple of Grammy Awards. Here is a look at some of list of her songs that have been used most frequently in film or television. Vote Now: Which Actress Is Your All-Time Favorite? 1.

"Que Sera, Sera" (1956) First heard in Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Man Who Knew Too Much," "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" has been featured many times since, such as in the popular WB television show "Gilmore Girls." Other examples include the 2010 movie, "Frankie & Alice," "Madman Muntz: American Maverick," a documentary on the pitchman Earl Muntz, and "The Simpsons." Other film features to highlight the film include "Private Parts," "Girl Interrupted," and documentary "The Man Who Drove with Mandela." 2. "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" Day's version of the Cuban standard " Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" has appeared in several films, including "Strictly Ballroom" (1992), "Tortilla Soup" (2001), "Dot the i" (2003), and the French film "Comme les autres" (2008). Tell Us: Who Is Your Favorite Actor of All Time? 3.

"Secret Love" First appearing in the 1953 film "Calamity Jane, "Secret Love" garnered the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was later included in several other films, including the thriller, "Lady in the Water" and the 1950s throwback drama, "Mona Lisa Smile." It has also been featured in the drama fantasy "Three Wishes" and TV show "Crossing Jordan." 4. "Tea for Two" The 1950 film "Tea for Two," which was the first one that Day received top billing in the credits, featured the song of the same name sung by her and co-stars Gordon MacRae and Gene Nelson. Her solo version of the song has been used in later films as well, such as in "Mona Lisa Smile. 5.

"High Hopes" Originally recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1969, Day recorded the song for her 1964 album, "With a Smile and a Song." While it never appeared in one of her films, her version was included in the digitally animated 1998 movie "Antz." Song title 126 - Secret Love Song title 126 - Secret Love Search this site with Google This page lists the chart runs for songs called "Secret Love" in order of success. This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.

# 1954 UK 1 - Apr 1954 (29 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jan 1954 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1954 (20 weeks), US 1 for 3 weeks - Feb 1954, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Mar 1954 (30 weeks), US CashBox 1 - Nov 1953 (30 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 7 weeks - May 1954, Oscar in 1953 (film 'Calamity Jane'), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1953), UKMIX 7, DZE 8 of 1954, US BB 9 of 1954, US invalid BB 11 of 1954, POP 11 of 1954, Your Hit Parade 12 of 1954, Brazil 17 of 1954, Italy 54 of 1954, RYM 12 of 19

53 2 Doris Day Tribute (Secret Love) - By Shirley Bassey - YouTube Doris Day Tribute (Secret Love) - By Shirley Bassey Want to watch this again later?

Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Feb 23, 2014 1965 Veteran Singer/Entertainer Dame Shirley Bassey recorded this classic song, Secret Love, back in 1965, but the track was not released until the mid-1990's. Whatever the reasons for this track not being released back in 1965 will never be known, but Dame Shirley does a wonderful job with Day's song. Most everyone over the age of 40 will know that this is most well known as the signature song of Singer, film & TV Star, Doris Day. This is a tribute to Doris Day, and hopefully everyone will enjoy many of the scenes from her 39 films. If you haven't seen these movies yet, plan on doing so. Day was a natural for any genre of film that she starred in, and although most are now over a half century old, they seem refreshingly new and timeless every time I watch one or more of them!

ABOUT the song, Secret Love: "Secret Love" is a popular song written in 1953 with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. Its first performance was in the film Calamity Jane by Doris Day. It received an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Doris Day also recorded the best-selling record of the song, which reached #1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in 1954. A popular version by Slim Whitman also made #2. The record was made on August 5, 1953. The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40108 ABOUT Doris Day: Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1924 is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist. Day began her career as a big band singer in 1939. Her popularity began to rise after her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", in 1945. After leaving Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.

The contract lasted from 1947 to 1967, and included more than 650 recordings, making Day one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. In 1948, after being persuaded by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne and her agent at the time, Al Levy, she auditioned for Michael Curtiz, which led to her being cast in the female lead role in Romance on the High Seas. Over the course of her career, Day appeared in 39 films. She was ranked the biggest box-office star, the only woman on that list, for four years (1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964) ranking in the top 10 for ten years (1951--1952 and 1959--1966). She became the top-ranking female box-office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers (male and female), as of 2012.

She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. Day made her last film in 1968. Day has also released 31 albums, and her songs have spent a total of 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts. She has been awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Legend Award from the Society of Singers. In 2011, she released her 29th studio album, My Heart, which debuted at No. 9 on the UK Top 40 charts. As of January 2014, Day is the oldest living artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material. Her strong commitment to animal welfare began in 1971, when she co-founded "Actors and Others for Animals". She started her own non-profit organization in the late 1970s, the Doris Day Animal Foundation and, later, the Doris Day Animal League.

Establishing the annual observance Spay Day USA in 1994, The Doris Day Animal League now partners with the Humane Society of the United States and continues to be a leading advocacy organization. In 2004, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in recognition of her distinguished service to the country. Category Doris Day - Biography - IMDb Doris Day Biography Showing all 133 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (4) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (72) | Personal Quotes (49) Overview (4) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (1) One of America's most prolific actresses was born Doris Mary Ann Von Kapplehoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia (Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master. Her grandparents were all German immigrants. She had two brothers, Richard, who died before she was born and Paul, a few years older. Her parents divorced while she was still a child and she lived with her mother.

Like most little girls, Doris liked to dance. At fourteen, she formed a dance act with a boy, Jerry Doherty, and they won $500 in a local talent contest. She and Jerry took a brief trip to Hollywood to test the waters. They felt they could succeed, so she and Jerry returned to Cincinnati with the intention of packing and making a permanent move to Hollywood. Tragically, the night before she was to move to Hollywood, she was injured riding in a car hit by a train, ending the possibility of a dancing career. It was a terrible setback, but after taking singing lessons she found a new vocation, and at age 17, she began touring with the Les Brown Band. She met trombonist Al Jorden, whom she married in 1941. Jorden was prone to violence and they divorced after two years, not long after the birth of their son Terry. In 1946, Doris married George Weidler , but this union lasted less than a year. Day's agent talked her into taking a screen test at Warner Bros.

The executives there liked what they saw and signed her to a contract (her early credits are often confused with those of another actress named Doris Day, who appeared mainly in B westerns in the 1930s and 1940s). Her first starring movie role was in Romance on the High Seas (1948). The next year, she made two more films, My Dream Is Yours (1949) and It's a Great Feeling (1949). Audiences took to her beauty, terrific singing voice and bubbly personality, and she turned in fine performances in the movies she made (in addition to several hit records). She made three films for Warner Bros. in 1950 and five more in 1951. In that year, she met and married Martin Melcher , who adopted her young son Terry, who later grew up to become Terry Melcher , a successful record producer.

In 1953, Doris starred in Calamity Jane (1953), which was a major hit, and several more followed: Lucky Me (1954), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and what is probably her best-known film, Pillow Talk (1959). She began to slow down her filmmaking pace in the 1960s, even though she started out the decade with a hit, Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960). In 1958, her brother Paul died. Around this time, her husband, who had also taken charge of her career, had made deals for her to star in films she didn't really care about, which led to a bout with exhaustion. The 1960s weren't to be a repeat of the previous busy decade. She didn't make as many films as she had in that decade, but the ones she did make were successful: Do Not Disturb (1965), The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

(1968) and With Six You Get Eggroll (1968). Martin Melcher died in 1968, and Doris never made another film, but she had been signed by Melcher to do her own TV series, The Doris Day Show (1968). That show, like her movies, was also successful, lasting until 1973. After her series went off the air, she made only occasional TV appearances. By the time Martin Melcher died, Doris discovered she was millions of dollars in debt. She learned that Melcher had squandered virtually all of her considerable earnings, but she was eventually awarded $22 million by the courts in a case against a man that Melcher had unwisely let invest her money. She married for the fourth time in 1976 and since her divorce in 1980 has devoted her life to animals. Today, she runs the Doris Day Animal League in Carmel, California, which advocates homes and proper care of household pets.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Denny Jackson and Sharon Spouse (4) ( 17 April 1941 - 8 February 1943) (divorced) (1 child) Trade Mark (3) Theme song: "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)", which she introduced in the film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Her youthful appearance. Blonde hair and blue eyes. Trivia (72) She and her son Terry Melcher (along with a partner) co-own the Cypress Inn in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a small "Hotel California-esque" inn built in a beautiful Mediterranean motif. According to her autobiography, she got the nickname Clara Bixby when Billy De Wolfe told her, on the set of Tea for Two (1950), that she didn't look like a "Doris Day", but more like a "Clara Bixby", To this day, that remains her nickname among a close circle of old friends, such as Van Johnson . Rock Hudson called her "Eunice" because he said that whenever he thought of her as Eunice, it made him laugh.

She turned down the role of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967), which went to Anne Bancroft . Is referenced in the song "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by pop band Wham! , a single that hit Billboard's #1 in 1984. When her husband and manager of 17 years, Martin Melcher , died suddenly in April 1968, she professed not to have known that he had negotiated a multimillion-dollar deal with CBS to launch The Doris Day Show (1968) the following fall. After an abbreviated period of mourning, she went ahead with the series, which ran successfully for five seasons. It was during the location filming of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), when she saw how camels, goats and other "animal extras" in a marketplace scene were being treated, that Day began her lifelong commitment to preventing animal abuse. Is also referenced in the 1989 song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel . Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 133-134.

New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush . She did not attend the White House award ceremony because of her intense fear of flying. [June 2004] Is referenced in the 1970 song "Dig It" by The Beatles . Is referenced in the 1985 song "Wrap Her Up" by Elton John . In order to make a political statement regarding the platform of the Canadian Alliance Party, in 2000 Canadian satirist Rick Mercer launched an attempt to hold a national referendum on the question of whether or not Stockwell Day should be forced to change his first name to "Doris". Within days, he had the required number of signatures under the Alliance Parties current platform to launch a federal referendum. According to her publicist, Doris was amused by this. Was named the top box-office star of 1963 by the Motion Picture Herald, based on an annual poll of exhibitors as to the drawing power of movie stars at the box-office, conducted by Quigley Publications.

Her son Terry Melcher had rented the house at 10050 Cielo Drive in Bel Air, California, at which Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered by the Manson Family. On March 23, 1969, Charles Manson had visited the house looking for Melcher, a music producer and composer who had worked with The Beach Boys , Bobby Darin and The Byrds . The house was now sub-leased by Tate, and her photographer told Manson to leave by "the back alley", possibly giving Manson a motive for the later attack. Melcher had auditioned Manson for a recording contract but rejected him, and there was a rumor after the murders that Manson had intended to send a message to Melcher, a theory that police later discounted. With the death of Annette Funicello on April 8, 2013, she is the last surviving person mentioned in the song "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee", in Grease (1978). Premiere magazine ranked her as #24 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005).

Is referenced in the song "Life Is a Rock But the Radio Rolled Me" by Reunion , with lead singer Joey Levine . Reportedly did not like profanity. As a recording artist, she would require anyone who swore to put a quarter in a "swear jar". In addition, she does not allow her songs to be used in movies that contain swear words. Has often cited Calamity Jane (1953) as her personal favorite of the 39 films she appeared in. Her mother named her after her favorite silent film star, Doris Kenyon . By coincidence, in the mid 1970s when Day wrote her autobiography, Kenyon was her neighbor on Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills. Her great-niece Pia Douwes is also a critically acclaimed actress. Is referenced in the 1994 song "Dirty Epic" by Underworld . Also referenced in the song, "What do we do? We fly!" from the musical "Do I Hear a Waltz?" by Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim . Has a 1982 hit song, by the hugely popular Dutch ska-pop band Doe Maar , named after her.

Gave birth to her only child at age 19, a son Terrence Jorden (aka Terry Melcher ) on February 8, 1942. Child's father was her first ex-husband, Al Jorden. Her only British appreciation club is called "Friends of Doris Day" and is based in Oxford, England. She lived for years in the star-laden Crescent Drive at 713 Crescent. Her good friend Louis Jourdan lived just across the street at 714. Is a staunch supporter of the Republican Party, and told the press she voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. Telephoned the White House to personally explain to President George W. Bush her reasons for not attending her award presentation in June 2004, and said she was praying hard that he would be elected to a second term of office in November. After her Pillow Talk (1959) co-star Rock Hudson died of AIDS in 1985, Day told the press that she had never known he was a homosexual. In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta .

She was occasionally dubbed by Dhia Cristiani , Rina Morelli and once by Lidia Simoneschi in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). In Germany, Edith Schneider dubbed her voice in most of her films. Profiled in the book, "Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973", by Thomas Lisanti and Louis Paul (McFarland, 2002). Is referenced on every chorus of Ringo Starr 's last top 40 release in 1999, "La De Da". Childhood idol was Ginger Rogers , with whom she starred in Storm Warning (1951). Vocal supporter and close friends with President Ronald Reagan . She smoked two-and-a-half packs a day until about 1951. Briefly dated Ronald Reagan shortly after his divorce from Jane Wyman when she and Reagan were contract players at Warner Brothers. Day told him that he was so good at talking that he should be touring the country making speeches. At the time, the future Republican President was a Democrat.

Has a fear of flying that stemmed from tours with Bob Hope in the 1940s that resulted in some close calls in impenetrable winter weather. She almost turned down her role in Alfred Hitchcock 's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) because it was to be filmed in London and Marrakesh. Her husband and manager, Martin Melcher talked her into accepting it. Has performed two songs in films that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song: "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane (1953) and "Que Sera, Sera" from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Introduced four songs that were nominated: "It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas (1948), "It's a Great Feeling" from It's a Great Feeling (1949), "I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and "Julie" from Julie (1956). Her father was William Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choral master in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her mother was Alma Sophia Kappelhoff.

She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6735 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Recording at 6278 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Went to the same Cincinnati ballroom dance studio as a child as Vera-Ellen . Their parents used to carpool together to the dance studio. Her dreams of a dancing career were dashed when a car accident on October 13, 1937 badly damaged her legs. She spent most of her teenage years wheelchair-bound and during this time began singing on the radio. Was in a relationship with Jack Carson early in her career before leaving him for Martin Melcher . Was good friends with Judy Garland after meeting her on the Warner Bros. lots. She was filming Young at Heart (1954) as Garland was filming A Star Is Born (1954). The film The Children's Hour (1961) was constructed with both Day and Katharine Hepburn as the two leading ladies. However both actresses backed out due to scheduling conflicts and as a result Shirley MacLaine was cast in Hepburn's role and Audrey Hepburn was cast in Day's role.

Doris' second husband was saxophone player and former child actor George Weidler . His sister was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer child actress Virginia Weidler . In 1976, Doris married Barry Comden, 12 years her junior. They met at the Beverly Hills Old World Restaurant where he was the maitre d'. In the 1970s, Comden opened an Old World restaurant in Westwood and supervised the construction of another restaurant, Tony Roma's, in Palm Springs. It was Comden who came up with the idea for a line of pet food that would feature Doris' name. Doris Day Distributing Co. unraveled mainly because of a pyramid-type scheme that the couple had been unaware of. They lived in Carmel but Comden complained that Day preferred the company of her dogs more than him and they divorced in 1981. Her first marriage at age 17 to trombone player Al Jordan, whom she met while both were performing in Barney Rapp's band, was extremely unhappy. They divorced within two years amid reports of Jordan's alcoholism and abuse of the young star.

Despondent and feeling his life had little meaning after the much publicized divorce, Jordan later committed suicide. While performing for a local radio station, Doris was approached by band leader Barney Rapp. Rapp felt that Doris's name, Kappelhoff, was too harsh and awkward and that she should change her name to something more pleasant. The name "Day" was suggested by Rapp from one of the songs in Doris' repertoire, "Day by Day". She didn't like the name at first feeling that it sounded too much like a burlesque performer. She was scheduled to present, along with Patrick Swayze and Marvin Hamlisch , the Best Original Score Oscar at the 61st Annual Academy Awards (March 1989) but she suffered a deep leg cut and was unable to attend. She had been walking through the gardens of the hotel she owns when she cut her leg on a sprinkler. The cut required stitches. Received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. Oscar Levant quipped, "I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.".

This was first said by Groucho Marx . Has one grandson: Ryan Melcher (born May 1983). Underwent a hysterectomy during the filming of Julie (1956) after being diagnosed with a tumour the size of a grapefruit that was growing into her intestines. Ex-mother-in-law of Jacqueline Carlin . Tinseltown folklore insists she was "discovered" by director Michael Curtiz , when she sang at a Hollywood party in 1948. At the time, Curtiz was seeking a singer/actress to replace Betty Hutton , who had become pregnant and had to back out of Romance on the High Seas (1948), which Curtiz was to direct. Manages the Doris Day Animal League in Carmel, California which advocates homes and proper care of household pets. [June 2008] Her only child Terry Melcher died of melanoma on November 19, 2004 aged 62. Was longtime friends with the late Julie London . She is the oldest of the six surviving people mentioned by name in the 1989 Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire".

The other five are Queen Elizabeth II , Brigitte Bardot , Chubby Checker , Bob Dylan and Bernard Goetz . She turned down the role of Maria in The Sound of Music (1965) with the explanation: "I'm too American to play a nun from Austria.". Co-starred with ex-partner Jack Carson in 3 films: Romance on the High Seas (1948), My Dream Is Yours (1949), and It's a Great Feeling (1949). Third husband Martin Melcher produced 18 of her movies between 1956 and his death in 1968, as well as working as executive producer on the first season of her CBS series The Doris Day Show (1968). In her 1975 autobiography, Day revealed that, by the mid-1960s, Melcher was signing her onto films without asking her whether or not she actually wanted to do them first. She did not like the scripts for Do Not Disturb (1965), The Ballad of Josie (1967), Caprice (1967), and Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

(1968), but was forced to do the movies because Melcher had control over her career. She also did not find out he had signed her up for "The Doris Day Show" until after his death. Personal Quotes (49) The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band. The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. Some of the downbeat pictures, in my opinion, should never be made at all. Most of them are made for personal satisfaction, to impress other actors who say "Oh, God! what a shot, what camera work!". But the average person in the audience, who bought his ticket to be entertained, doesn't see that at all. He comes out depressed. I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy. Learning a part was like acting out the lyrics of a song.

[on recording "Secret Love" for the film Calamity Jane (1953)]: When I first heard "Secret Love" I almost fainted, it was so beautiful. When we finally got around to doing the pre-recording, Ray Heindorf , the musical director at Warner's, said he'd get the musicians in about 12:30 so they could rehearse. That morning, I did my vocal warm-up, then jumped on my bike and rode over to Warner's - we lived in Toluca Lake at the time, which was just minutes from the studio. When I got there, I sang the song with the orchestra for the first time. When I'd finished, Ray called me into the sound booth, grinning from ear to ear, and said, "That's it. You're never going to do it better." That was the first and only take we did. Almost all of Julie (1956) was shot on location in Carmel, which is a lovely resort town a little south of San Francisco. My co-star was Louis Jourdan , whom I liked very much.

An amiable man, very gentle, very much interested in the people around him; we had a good rapport and I found talking to him a joy. We would take long walks on the beautiful Carmel beach, chatting by the hour. If there is a Heaven, I'm sure Rock Hudson is there because he was such a kind person. [on Rock Hudson ] I call him Ernie, because he's certainly no Rock. [on Ronald Reagan ] Ronnie is really the only man I've ever known who loved dancing. [on Cary Grant ] A completely private person, totally reserved, and there is no way into him. The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant 's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my 'image', which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image. [during the re-election campaign of President George W. Bush ] I'm pulling for him every step of the way. [1975] You don't really know a person until you live with him, not just sleep with him. Sex is not enough to sustain marriage.

I have the unfortunate reputation of being Miss Goody Two-shoes, America's Virgin, and all that, so I'm afraid it's going to shock some people for me to say this, but I staunchly believe no two people should get married until they have lived together. The young people have it right. What a tragedy it is for a couple to get married, have a child, and in the process discover they are not suited for one another! If I had lived with Al Jorden for a few weeks, God knows I would never have married him. Nor would I have married George Weidler. But I was too young and too inexperienced to understand any of this. Now my heart was busted and I had lost my way. [on Elizabeth Taylor 's diamonds] When I see Liz Taylor with those Harry Winston boulders hanging from her neck, I get nauseated. Not figuratively, but nauseated! All I can think of are how many dog shelters those diamonds could buy. [dismissing allegations that she "stole" husband Martin Melcher from his former wife, singer Patty Andrews ] A person does not leave a good marriage for someone else.

[1975] The picture I made with Kirk Douglas , Young Man with a Horn (1950), was one of the few utterly joyless experiences I had in films. I was made to feel like an outsider, an intruder. Kirk and Betty [ Lauren Bacall ] had gone together once, and this picture brought them back together again, so I guess that had something to do with it. Kirk was civil to me and that's about all. But then Kirk never makes much of an effort toward anyone else. He's pretty much wrapped up in himself. [1975] I was offered the part of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967) but I could not see myself rolling around in the sheets with a young man half my age whom I'd seduced. I realized it was an effective part but it offended my sense of values. Of course, in the years since then, explicit sex has become commonplace on the screen-so commonplace that it is considered novel when a film appears without a few naked bodies thrashing about. Now I really don't put anybody else down for doing such scenes. To each his own. Many actors enjoy doing these turns, and obviously many people enjoy watching them.

I don't, either doing or watching. I can't picture myself in bed with a man, all the crew around us, doing that which I consider so exciting and exalting when it is very personal and private. I am really appalled by some of the public exhibitions on the screen by good actors and actresses who certainly have the talent to convey what they are doing without showing us to the last detail of pubic hair and rosy nipple how they are doing it. [1975, on her late husband Martin Melcher ] There was no funeral. No family gathering. Nothing. Marty was cremated without ceremony of any kind. That's the way he wanted it. I knew this, not from his instructions about his own death, which he had not anticipated, but from his remarks about funerals of departed friends, none of which we ever attended. I shared Marty's antipathy to funerals. I think grief is a very private matter, and that the public nature of a funeral is barbaric. [2006] I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls - you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up?

I've always been like that. I've always said, "No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up". [2014] Helping animals has been a lifelong passion. They give us unconditional love and ask very little in return. [2014] All I ever wanted in my life was to get married, have kids, keep house and cook, and even though I did all these things, I still ended up in Hollywood. It was a great trip. I've had an amazing life and wonderful times. And I'm happy! [2014] My days are busy responding to the huge volume of mail I receive. I'm still floored by all the beautiful, heartwarming letters from people all over the world, telling me that my work somehow touched their lives. [2014] Would you believe I'm still offered scripts and projects all the time? Every once in a while I think about working again, but they don't make the kind of movies I made anymore! It's a different world. [2014, on her health at age 90] Oh, I have my little aches and pains now and then, like everyone.

But I've truly been blessed with good health. [2014] I love to be outside, walking along the beach or working in my garden. Those things are all quite enjoyable for me. I have everything I could ever want right here in Carmel! [2006, on the Katrina rescue effort] Some [of the rescued animals] were quite ill and couldn't be put on the plane, so people drove to the Gulf Coast and brought the sick ones back by car. Both groups were accompanied by a veterinarian. They're coming in every few days from Santa Cruz and whenever they're brought in, I'm there. The hard part is that I want them all! There's another thing I'd like to mention here. People sometimes say, "Oh, Miss Day, I can't take another animal, I just can't replace my darling little dog." Many people, when they lose their pet, can't face getting another. I felt like that once, and then I realized my baby would understand, and would want me to give a home to another animal. I want people to know they're not replacing the one they lost. They're giving another wonderful little soul a home.

I've done this over and over again, and have never regretted it. I've only been rewarded. Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit. If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers. [2006] By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) and On Moonlight Bay (1951) - I loved doing those. You know, if life could be like it was in those movies, it would be beautiful, wouldn't it? Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children. I don't even like parties. I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man. [2006] I had the best co-stars you could ever have, and I miss them so much. We had such a great time working together. Some years ago, I made a special with John Denver and was asked to sing "Memories", Barbra Streisand 's song, which she did so beautifully.

Then I was told that huge pictures of all of my leading men would be shown as I sang, and I said, "Oh my God, how do you expect me to get though that?" But I did it. [on The Doris Day Show (1968)] There was a contract. I didn't know about it. I never wanted to do TV, but I gave it 100% anyway. That's the only way I know how to do it. [2006, regarding the mistreatment of animals on the set of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)] Oh, well, I didn't want to act like a big shot; it wasn't like that. But I did go to Mr. Hitchcock [director Alfred Hitchcock ], whom I loved dearly, and we had a long talk about it. I said "Hitch, I can't bear it, I can't bear to see what goes on here with animals." The horses were so thin, the donkeys were overburdened, and I was just horrified at the dogs running loose and starving. I told him I really couldn't work unless we fed these animals.

And he said, "We're going to do that, I want you to just relax and know that they will be taken care of." But then I thought, once we leave, it will go right back to the way it was. [2006, on the mistreatment of animals in cinema] Everything's acceptable in Hollywood now, it seems. I'm glad I'm not there, because I would be screaming. I hope and pray that the Hollywood stars who are making so much money really take a stand. It's hideous to have families watching these movies, and children seeing this portrayed as though it's okay. I liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy. Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people. [on Pillow Talk (1959)] Every day on the set was a picnic - sometimes too much of a picnic, in that we took turns at breaking each other up.

[1996, on learning that husband Martin Melcher had committed to her to a television series, which became The Doris Day Show (1968), after his death] It was awful. I was really, really not very well when Marty passed away, and the thought of going into TV was overpowering. But he'd signed me up for a series. And then my son Terry [ Terry Melcher ] took me walking in Beverly Hills and explained that it wasn't nearly the end of it. I had also been signed up for a bunch of TV specials, all without anyone ever asking me. I like to sing love songs. I like to sing others, too. There's so many that I love. I love them and I love singing them. [on the independent working women she usually played in her romantic comedies] I didn't feel different in any of them, even though they were different. I loved being married, and I loved not being married but working on it. And doing what I was supposed to do and be. That's the way I worked.

[on singing 'Que Sera Sera' in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)] The first time somebody told me it was going to be in that movie, I thought, "Why?" I didn't think there was a place to put that song. I thought, "I'm not crazy about that. Where are they going to put it? For what?" I didn't think it was a good song. [on recovering from injuries sustained in a 1937 car accident] During this long, boring period, I used to while away a lot of time listening to the radio, sometimes singing along with the likes of Benny Goodman , Duke Ellington , Tommy Dorsey , and Glenn Miller . But the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald . There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words. [on the popularity of 'Que Sera Sera'] I thought that was wonderful, because it became that because of children. And then I understood it.

Because it was for our child in the movie [ The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)]. Then I realized, maybe it isn't a favorite song of mine, but people loved it. And kids loved it. And it was perfect for the film. So I can't say that it's a favorite song of mine, but, boy, it sure did something. If I come across a doggie who needs a home, that's when I take them. They're in a special area - an outdoor area - but the ceiling is all glass and they look up there and see the trees. They have two big rooms inside and then one outside. They just love it. See also

Question: In which 1953 film does the song 'Secret Love' first appear?
Answer: CALAMITY JANE